Shoe-polishing device.



T. A. & L. T. SMITH. SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

` APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1913. 1,078,173.

Patented Nov.11,1913.'

WTNESSES THEIR ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANonR/wn Cl..\v.\s\|lNGToN, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THERON A. SMITH AND LOUIS T. SMITH, 0F SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-POLISHING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, THERON A. SMITH and LoUis T. SMITH, citizens of theUnited States, residing at 353 South Fourth street, San Jose, in thecounty of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Shoe-Polishing Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention comprises an improvement in shoe-polishing devices, andthe objects of our invention are, first, to pro-vide means for polishingeither a tan or black leather shoe without discoloration from one to theother; second, to provide a device of the character indicated that willbe durable, simple, and economical. We attain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of our device with the polishing-pad swungoutwardly on its pivots and in the act of revolving. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of our device with polishing pad nested and ready for use, apart being broken away. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line A--A of Fig.2.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The main body portion l, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, may be made of wood or anyother suitable material, having two polishing pads attached thereto, oneon each side thereof as shown at 2, Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Thesepolishing-pads 2 may be made of felt or any other suitable material,preferably felt of the proper length, breadth and thickness. Said bodyportion 1 having holes bored in its two narrow sides and inapproximately the center thereof as shown at 3, Figs. l, 2, and 3. Padcasing 4, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, may be made of metal or any other suitablematerial and is for the purpose of holding therein either ofpolishing-pans 2 when not in use. At one end of pad casing 4 is fastenedor worked a cylindrical tube 5, as shown in Figs. l, and 2, in which apivotal member, as 6, freely ro-` tates. Said pivotal member 6, Figs. 1,2, and 3, is preferably madle of metalI wire of the proper gage andlength, and s0 bent and formed as to rotate freely in said cylindricaltube 5, and to engage said holes 3 in said body portion 1, allowing saidbodv portion l to revolve freely upon the ends of said pivotal member 6,as pivots, when said' body portion 1 is swung free from said casing 4:as shown in Fig. 1. A notch, as shown at 7, Figs. 1 and 2, and of anyrequired shape, is cut in the lower edge of each sidle of said casing 4to permit the nesting of either pad 2 in said casing 4.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, andi desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a shoe-polishing device of the character described, the combinationof a body portion havingpolishing pads attached thereto having a hole inapproximately the center of each of the narrow sides of said bodyportion, a casing having a cylindrical tube fastened to one end thereofand a notch in the lower edlge of each side thereof, and a pivotalmember formed to operate in said cylindrie-al tube and having extensionsfitting in said holes in said body portion to lpivotally connect thebody portion of the casing, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THERON A. SMITH. LOUIS T. SMITH.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. NAisMITH, JN0. S. SANDERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for vc cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

